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Louisana Traffic Official Fights The Law And The Law's Him

From the department of "do what I say, not what I do" comes this awesome story out of Lafayette, Louisiana playing perfectly into our dislike and mistrust of government nanny bureaucracy. Tony Tramel, the Director of Transportation for Lafayette Consolidated Government, is the chap tasked with monitoring and approving tickets issued by speed cameras. Mr. Tramel was recently caught with a radar detector mounted in the windshield of his personal car. Huh? We're confused. We thought the only reason to install a radar detector is to speed and flaunt the law, which doesn't really make any sense. Couldn't he just trash the camera images of him speeding and be off the hook? Fox guarding the hen house indeed. (Hat tip to Richard!) [TheNewspaper (these guys might want to consider a better marketing department)]

9:40 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,297 views, 20 comments

Latest by LandofMinos: Is it true that hairspray works in concealing your licences plate? I know they tried this on Mythbusters, but nowadays those fucktards couldn't properly organise a blowjob in a brothel and I cannot trust their results... more »

driving

Trapster: Avoid Speed Traps The French Fry-Free Way

Sharing is caring and nowhere is that more important than when it comes to speed traps. We've seen all sorts of backward hacks on how to tell your fellow lover of speed the dangers that await them after the next bend. Flashing headlights, weird waving signals with our hands. Hell, we've even had people fling fries at us through an open window to get our attention. Let's remove the fast food from the equation, shall we? Enter Trapster, a new service giving users the ability to send and receive speed trap information on the fly, by way of their mobile phone. We like the service quite a bit, as it uses cell phone triangulation, GPS capabilities and Wi-Fi to pinpoint the drivers' locations and warn for approaching speed traps. More »

2:15 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,670 views, 10 comments

Latest by KaiserM715: I see that Tulia, TX is listed (as shown on the screen shot above). A classic speed trap (my wife's first ticket). more »

news

Don't Get Stuffed: Turkey Day List of Worst Speed Traps

In honor of Thanksgiving Day, the National Motorists Association has issued a revised list of speed traps. Some of the smaller town information is helpful (be wary of Uniontown, Alabama), though we're not sure how you're supposed to avoid all of Houston when traveling. With the weather turning south, we're guessing a lot of you won't get the chance to get to top speed anyways. Full list of speed traps below the jump: More »

1:30 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Matt Hardigree
2,741 views, 40 comments